Marcus Sentence Examples

Marcus was three months old when his father died, and was thereupon adopted by his grandfather.

Hadrian adopted, as his successor, Titus Antoninus Pius (uncle of Marcus), on condition that he in turn adopted both Marcus (then seventeen) and Lucius Ceionius Commodus, the son of Aelius Caesar, who had originally been intended by Hadrian as his successor, but had died before him.

Her beauty attracted the notice of the decemvir Appius Claudius, who instructed Marcus Claudius, one of his clients, to claim her as his slave.

Virginius presented himself with his daughter before the tribunal of Appius, who, refusing to listen to any argument, declared Virginia to be a slave and the property of Marcus.

His original name was Marcus Annius Verus.'

Here he bravely defended himself against the attacks of the Pompeian commander, Marcus Octavius, but in a few months died of illness (48 or the beginning of 47).

Perhaps the most important of these popular thinkers was Marcus Tullius Cicero - no great philosopher, but a graceful and effective man of letters.

Marcus had been, at the age of fifteen, betrothed to Fabia, the sister of Commodus; the engagement was broken off by Antoninus Pius, and he was betrothed to Faustina, the daughter of the latter.

The full name he then bore was Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus, Aelius coming from Hadrian's family, and Aurelius being the original name of Antoninus Pius.

Marcus himself says, "To the gods I am indebted for having good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good."

The morality of Marcus Aurelius cannot be said to have been new when it was given to the world.

But above all, what gives the sentences of Marcus Aurelius their enduring value and fascination, and renders them superior to the utterances of Epictetus and Seneca, is that they are the gospel of his life.

Tacitus, besides being a man of immense wealth (which he bequeathed to the state), Dill, Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius, Bk.

In 41 B.C. her husband died, and she was married to Marcus Antonius, with the idea of bringing about a reconciliation between him and her brother.

By her first husband she was the mother of Marcus Marcellus (q.v.), who died in 23 B.C. (2) Octavia, daughter of the emperor Claudius, was the wife of Nero, by whom she was put to death.

In 78 he was consul with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, who after the death of Sulla proposed the overthrow of his constitution, the re-establishment of the distribution of grain, the recall of the banished, and other democratic measures.

Thus the Roman edition of 1507, edited by Marcus Benaventura and Joa Cota, contains 6 modern maps, and to these was added in 1508 Joh.

Extreme youth was no bar; the emperor Marcus Aurelius had been an eques at the age of six.

This was conspicuously the case with the brothers Marcus and Marcellinus.

Close to the cathedral there is a triumphal arch decorated with bas-reliefs known as the Porte Noire, which is generally considered to have been built in commemoration of the victories of Marcus Aurelius over the Germans in 167.

It was a rich and prosperous place under the Roman emperors, and Marcus Aurelius promoted it to the rank of a colonic as Colonia Victrix Sequanorum.

On his return to Rome he was brought to trial for his conduct and condemned, in spite of the efforts of Marcus Scaurus who, though formerly his legate and equally guilty, was one of the judges.

Antoninus Pius, hearing of his fame, appointed him tutor to his adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

The letters consist of correspondence with Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, in which the character of Fronto's pupils appears in a very favourable light, especially in the affection they both seem to have retained for their old master; and letters to friends, chiefly letters of recommendation.

There is more than one meaning of Marcus Porcius Cato discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.

The fortress grew in importance, and was afterwards made a municipium; and here Marcus Aurelius died in 180.

His father was Cassius Apronianus, governor of Dalmatia and Cilicia under Marcus Aurelius, and on his mother's side he was the grandson of Dio Chrysostom, who had assumed the surname of Cocceianus in honour of his patron the emperor Cocceius Nerva.

Marcus, Marcianus and Liberatus, which was founded in the 8th or 9th century A.D.

The Journal of Australasia (1856-1858), the Australian Monthly Magazine (1865-1867), which contained contributions from Marcus Clarke and was continued as the Colonial Monthly (1867-1869), the Melbourne Review (1876-1885) and the Victorian Review (1879-1886) may also be mentioned.

When the Parthian War (162-5) broke out, Polyaenus, too old to share in the campaign, dedicated to the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus a work, still extant, called Strategica or Strategemata, a historical collection of stratagems and maxims of strategy written in Greek and strung together in the form of anecdotes.

It is thus the concluding scene of the persecution under Marcus Aurelius, which is best known from the sufferings of the churches of Vienne and Lyons in South Gaul.

Marcus Aurelius died on the 17th of March of the year in question, and persecution ceased almost immediately upon the accession of Commodus.

Under Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius it appears to have been a flourishing city, the district, now desolate, being then very fertile and covered with forests of olives.

A supernatural pride was blended with a natural anxiety, and it was at this juncture that Origen brought to light again a book written in the days of Marcus Aurelius, which but for the great Alexandrian might have been lost for ever.

Above all Christians are disloyal, and every church is an illicit collegium, an insinuation deadly at any time, but especially so under Marcus Aurelius.

This edict dates from 176-177, and inaugurated the persecution which lasted from that time till the death of Marcus Aurelius in r80.

During these years Commodus was associated with Marcus in the imperium, and.

It was in 1882 while Marcus Daly was sinking a shaft at Anaconda in preparation for milling gold and silver ores that he discovered the first rich copper ledge.

Marcus Daly (1842-1900) went from Ireland about 1857 to New York City, and thence to California and Nevada, and in 1876 reached Butte, Montana.

He had been disappointed in Italy, to find that he had not much to learn from its famed scholarship; but he had made many friends in Aldus's circle - Marcus Musurus, John Lascaris, Baptista Egnatius, Paul Bombasius, Scipio Carteromachus; and his reception had been flattering, especially in Rome, where cardinals had delighted to honour him.

One of his clients, Marcus Claudius, swore that she was the child of a slave belonging to him, and had been stolen by the childless, wife of the centurion.

Nevertheless, judgment was given according to the evidence of Marcus, and Claudius commanded Virginia to be given up to him.

As we have already intimated, Gnosticism had such a power 1 For the disciples of Valentinus, especially Marcus, after whom was named a separate sect, the Marcosians, with their Pythagorean theories of numbers and their strong tincture of the mystical, magic, and sacramental, see Valentinus And Valentinians.

With kindred peoples they were often in conflict with the Roman Empire, and gave their name to the Marcomannic War, a struggle waged by the emperor Marcus Aurelius against them and the Quadi.

Firstly, that of Marcus, a Valentinian, of South Gaul about i 50, whose influence extended to Asia Minor.

Antonius Balbus, praetor in Sicily in 82 B.C., and Marcus Atius Balbus, who married Julia, a sister of Caesar, and had a daughter Atia, mother of Augustus.

In 1909 he succeeded Dr Marcus Dods as principal, and professor of New Testament literature, at New College, Edinburgh.

His son, Marcus Livius Drusus, became tribune of the people in 91 B.C. He was a thoroughgoing conservative, wealthy and generous, and a man of high integrity.

He acquired much influence with the emperor Hadrian, who adopted him as his son and successor on the 25th of February 138, after the death of his first adopted son Aelius Verus, on condition that he himself adopted Marcus Annius Verus, his wife's brother's son, and Lucius, son of Aelius Verus, afterwards the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Aelius Verus (colleague of Marcus Aurelius).

He had by her two sons and two daughters; but they all died before his elevation to the throne, except Annia Faustina, who became the wife of Marcus Aurelius.

Under the half-dome were placed twenty-one marble statues, representing the family of Antoninus Pius, of Marcus Aurelius, and of the founder, Herodes Atticus.

Marcus Aurelius also had a villa here.

The inscription on the work describes it as the "Embassy of Athenagoras, the Athenian, a philosopher and a Christian concerning the Christians, to the Emperors Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, &c."

Suidas only tells us that he lived "in the times of Marcus"; but the contempt with which he speaks of Commodus (died 192) shows that he survived that emperor.

The conduct of the war was now entrusted to the praetor Marcus Licinius Crassus.

The position of Epicureanism as a recognized school in the and century is best seen in the fact that it was one of the four schools (the others were the Stoic, Platonist, and Peripatetic) which were placed on a footing of equal endowment when Marcus Aurelius founded chairs of philosophy at Athens.

The part of the country north of the Danube was peopled by the Marcomanni and the Quadi, and both of these tribes were frequently at war with the Romans, especially during the reign of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died at Vindobona in A.D.

Under Marcus Aurelius a revolt of the Bucolic or native troops recruited for home service was taken up by the whole of the native population and was suppressed only after several years of fighting.

On the approach of Marcus Aurelius, the adherents of Cassius slew him, and the clemency of the emperor restored peace.

The city was sacked and burnt; but the Capitol itself withstood a siege of more than six months, saved from surprise on one occasion only by the wakefulness of the sacred geese and the courage of Marcus Manlius.

The British Museum contains a bust of Marcus Aurelius in the dress of a Frater Arvalis.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Roman orator and politician, was born at Arpinum on the 3rd of January 106 B.C. His mother, Helvia, is said to have been of good family.

In the following year he defended Marcus (or Manius) Fonteius on a charge of extortion in Gaul, using various arguments which might equally well have been advanced on behalf of Verres himself .

In 64 B.C. he lost his father and his son Marcus was born.

He then projected a journey to Greece in order to see his son Marcus, then studying at Athens, of whose behaviour he heard unfavourable reports.

He was bitterly attacked by Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) in the senate on the ist of September for not being present there, and on the next day replied in his First Philippic. He then left Rome and devoted himself to the completion of the de Qfficiis, and to the composition of his famous Second Philippic, which was never delivered, but was circulated, at first privately, after Antony's departure from Rome to Cisalpine Gaul on the 28th of November.

Other minor works written in later life, such as the Partitiones Oratoriae, a catechism of rhetoric, in which instruction is given by Cicero to his son Marcus; the Topica, and an introduction to a translation of the speeches delivered by Demosthenes and Aeschines for and against Ctesiphon, styled de optimo genere oratorum, also need only be mentioned.

De Officiis, addressed to his son Marcus.

On the outbreak of the civil war between Pompey and Caesar, Quintus, like Marcus, supported Pompey, but after Pharsalus he deserted and made peace with Caesar, largely owing to the intercession of Marcus.

Both the brothers fell victims to the proscription which followed Caesar's death, Quintus being put to death in 43, some time before Marcus.

Though trained on the same lines as Marcus he never spoke in public, and even said, " One orator in a family is enough, nay even in a city."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, only son of the orator and his wife Terentia, was born in 65 B.C. At the age of seventeen he served with Pompey in Greece, and commanded a squadron of cavalry at the battle of Pharsalus.

He accompanied his uncle Marcus to Cilicia, and, in the hope of obtaining a reward, repaid his kindness by informing Caesar of his intention of leaving Italy.

His marriage with Livia (38 B.C.) placed by his side a sagacious counsellor and a loyal ally, whose services were probably as great as even those of his trusted friend Marcus Agrippa.

In 18 B.C. Augustus's imperium was renewed for five years, and his tried friend Marcus Agrippa, now his son-in-law, was associated with him as a colleague.

The defeat of Marcus Lollius, the legate commanding on the Rhine, by a horde of German invaders, seems to have determined Augustus to take in hand the whole question of the frontiers of the empire towards the north, and the effective protection of Gaul and Italy.

Only a few months after his reappointment as Augustus's colleague, Marcus Agrippa, his trusted friend since boyhood, died.

Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 11 5-53 B.C.), the Triumvir, surnamed Dives (rich) on account of his great wealth.

Under the empire various special functions were assigned to certain praetors, such as the two treasury praetors (praetores aerarii),3 appointed by Augustus in 23; the spear praetor (praetor haslarius), who presided over the court of the Hundred Men, which dealt especially with cases of inheritance; the two trust praetors (praetores fideicommissarii), appointed by Claudius to look after cases of trust estates, but reduced by Titus to one; the ward praetor (praetor tutelaris), appointed by Marcus Aurelius to deal with the affairs of minors; and the liberation praetor (praetor de liberalibus causis), who tried cases turning on the liberation of slaves.'

Their request for land was not granted, and in 109 B.C. they defeated the consul Marcus Junius Silanus in southern Gaul, but did not at once follow up the victory.

Marcus Antonius, nicknamed Creticus in derision.

On the outbreak of the Catilinarian conspiracy, Antonius was obliged to lead an army into Etruria, but handed over the command on the day of battle to Marcus Petreius, on the ground of ill-health.

Marcus Antonius, commonly called Mark Antony, the Triumvir, grandson of Antonius the "orator" and son of Antonius Creticus, related on his mother's side to Julius Caesar, was born about 83 B.C. Under the influence of his stepfather, Cornelius Lentulus Sura, he spent a profligate youth.

After the murder of Caesar, he supported his brother Marcus.

In 44 he was city praetor, his brothers Marcus and Lucius being consul and tribune respectively in the same year.

Asiaticus, made peace on advantageous terms with Pompey in 64 B.C. Subsequently he fought on Pompey's side in the Civil War, and later still repelled an attack on Samosata by Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony.) He died before 31 B.C. and was succeeded by one Mithradates I.

With the Roman Empire a profound peace had reigned since Hadrian (117), which was first disturbed by the attack of Marcus Aurelius and Aelius Verus in 162.

In England the verse-epistle was first prominently employed by Samuel Daniel in his "Letter from Octavia to Marcus Antonius" (1599), and later on, more legitimately, in his "Certain Epistles" (1601-1603).

The writings of the later Stoics have come down to us, if not entire, in great part, so that Seneca, Cornutus, Persius, Lucan, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius are known at first hand.

Leaving Rome in 168, he repaired to his native city, whence he was soon sent for to Aquileia, in Venetia, by the emperors Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius.

In 74 he became consul, and went to Asia at the head of about 30,000 foot and 2000 horse, to defend the province of Bithynia against Mithradates, who was besieging his colleague, Marcus Aurelius Cotta, in Chalcedon on the Propontis.

It appears that he became mentally feeble some years before his death, and was obliged to surrender the management of his affairs to his brother Marcus.

His brother, Marcus Licinius Lucullus, was adopted by Marcus Terentius Varro, and was hence known as Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus.

His mother was the younger Antonia, daughter of Marcus Antonius and niece of Augustus, and he married Agrippina, the granddaughter of the same emperor.

In 140 he was summoned by Antoninus Pius to undertake the education of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, and received many marks of favour, amongst them the consulship (143).

She was first married to Marcus, son of the alabarch 1 Alexander of Alexandria.

For the history of Cleopatra see Antonius, Marcus; Caesar, Gaius Julius; Ptolemies.

But the necessity of the connexion is also apparent, unless we are to suppose that, as regards the course of universal nature, man is altogether an imperium in imperio, or rather (to adopt the forcible phrase of Marcus Aurelius) an abscess or excrescence on the nature of things.

He was succeeded by Dr Nathan Marcus Adler (1803-1890), who was followed by his son, Hermann Adler, who raised the position to one of much dignity and importance.

His earliest work, entitled Reloj de principes, published at Valladolid in 1529, and, according to its author, the fruit of eleven years' labour, is a didactic novel, designed, after the manner of Xenophon's Cyropaedia, to delineate, in a somewhat ideal way for the benefit of modern sovereigns, the life and character of an ancient prince, Marcus Aurelius, distinguished for wisdom and virtue.

In 1856 the people voted for statehood; and in June 1857 they elected members of a constitutional convention which drafted a constitution at Salem in August and September 1857; the constitution was ratified by popular vote in November 1 For many years it was generally believed that the administration at Washington was prevented from surrendering its claims to Oregon, in return for the grant by Great Britain of fishing stations in Newfoundland, by Marcus Whitman, who in1842-1843made a journey across the entire continent in the depth of winter to dissuade the government from this purpose.

This story seems to have no foundation in fact; it was not Whitman, but the great influx of settlers in1843-1844that saved Oregon, if, indeed, there was then any danger of its being given up. (See Whitman, Marcus.) 1857; and on the 14th of February 1859 Oregon was admitted into the Union with its present boundaries.

It was not until the reign of Marcus Antoninus that the Legio II.

In 207 Marcus Livius Salinator, after the defeat of Hasdrubal at the battle of Sena, vowed another temple to Juventas in the Circus Maximus, which was dedicated in 191 by C. (or M.) Licinius Lucullus; it was destroyed by fire in 16 B.C. and rebuilt by Augustus.

He did not marry till he was fifty-three years of age, and his only child became the wife of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, the distinguished minister of Augustus.

He early took up his residence at Rome, where he enjoyed the patronage of Marcus Aurelius (161-180), to whom he dedicated his great treatise on prosody.

The circumstances under which he came into the West are also unknown to us; the only thing which is certain is that at the time of the persecution of the Gallic Church under Marcus Aurelius (177) he was a presbyter of the church at Lyons.

It is not improbable that, at least in later times, Dagon had in place of, or in addition to, his old character, that of the god who presided over agriculture; for in the last days of paganism, as we learn from Marcus Diaconus in the Life of Porphyry of Gaza (§ 19), the great god of Gaza, now known as Marna (our Lord), was regarded as the god of rains and invoked against famine.

The estimation in which he was held at Rome is clearly shown by the anxiety of the consul Marcus (or Manlius) Manilius (149) to take him as his adviser on his expedition against Carthage.

Verus (163-165) recovered Mesopotamia from Parthia, it was not Edessa but Ilarran that was chosen as the site of a Roman colony, and made the metropolis by Marcus Aurelius (172).

The fifth and sixth volumes of the Origins of Christianity (the Christian Church and Marcus Aurelius) show him reconciled with democracy, confident in the gradual ascent of man, aware that the greatest catastrophes do not really interrupt the sure if imperceptible progress of the world - reconciled also in some measure, if not with the truths, at least with the moral beauties of Catholicism, and with the remembrance of his pious youth.

In this letter, Scaliger offered Meursius to forward a letter to his friend Marcus Welser, a famous antiquarian in Augsburg.

Plague reduced the legions of Marcus Aurelius and northern barbarians took advantage.

England's 321 seemed competitive, their fourth-highest in a 50-over innings, built on Marcus Trescothick's textbook 121 from 118 balls.

Everything is exactly as it would have been - here, the sherry decanter and bound volume of Marcus Aurelius.

We've seen an echidna in our school ground. from Luke To Marcus and Jake B. How are you?

A second group led by Major Marcus Reno was sent to attack the encampment via the Little Big Horn River.

I am lucky in having local fishmonger Marcus stopping his van next to my house every Wednesday.

In one of his many affecting exchanges with Marcus Aurelius, he bewails in ad 165 the loss of a beloved grandson.

Marcus became imperator for the 4 th (IIII) time in AD 166 and for the 5 th time in AD 168.

Marcus Rosenthal, 32, political lobbyist I'd like to see the films.

State except for high research group said peter marcus is not exactly.

Missing the injured Lloyd Owusu and Marcus Gayle, Brentford lacked potency up front.

Marcus and Pierre find the rectum, where Marcus quizzes the inhabitants about the whereabouts of La Tenia.

Ode to a Banker is the 12th featuring the sleuth Marcus Didius Falco.

Marcus is a remarkable young man and goes about his daily life with great Stoicism.

Marcus is a seller who trains not a trainer who teaches selling.

Marcus accordingly brought her before Appius, and asserted that she was the daughter of one of his female slaves, who had been stolen and passed off by the wife of Virginius as her own child.

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, his son, served during the third Mithradatic War (74-61 B.C.) as quaestor to Pompey, by whom he was sent to Judaea to settle the quarrel between Hyrcanus and Aristobulus.

Marcus Aurelius teaches that even if the spirit survive for a time it is at last "absorbed in the generative principle of the universe."

Though there were a few mission stations in the eastern part of the present state of Washington (see Whitman, Marcus), the first permanent American settlement north of the Columbia was made in 1845 on the Des Chutes river, at the head of Puget Sound at the present Tumwater.

His activity as a jurist in Rome must fall within the period of Commodus; for there is no indication in his writings that he was in Rome in the time of Marcus Aurelius, and many passages seem to preclude the supposition.

Macrinus, the successor and instigator of the murder of Caracalla, was very unpopular with the army; an insurrection was easily set on foot, and on the 16th of May 218 Varius was proclaimed emperor as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

Marcus Antonius (143-87 B.C.), one of the most distinguished Roman orators of his time, was quaestor in 113, and praetor in 102 with proconsular powers, the province of Cilicia being assigned to him.

It would seem that I made it according to the recipe which Marcus Porcius Cato gave about two centuries before Christ.

The spoof advert was actually directed by Marcus Nispel who also did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.

Marcus is a remarkable young man and goes about his daily life with great stoicism.

A subdeacon martyred in Spoleto in central Italy under Marcus Aurelius.

For the suggestion of slaying children, Marcus was indebted to savage and uncivilized nations.

Stephen Hughes, Marcus Hall and veteran defender Richard Shaw are all doubtful with injuries.

Race 1 found local sailor Marcus Davies first at the windward mark having banged the left corner up the beat.

Choose from classics like Goodnight Moon and Pat the Bunny, or add something new to the collection like Marcus Pfister's The Rainbow Fish.

Besides the major anchor stores listed above, you find the department stores Burlington Coat Factory, Last Call by Neiman Marcus, Marshalls, Ross Dress for Less and Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH.

This luxury mail order catalog is owned by Neiman Marcus.

To create a stylish home for less than Neiman Marcus prices, look to Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel.

Promotions like the yearly beauty events at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman typically offer a designer cosmetic case or makeup bag filled to the brim with high-end cosmetic samples.

Neiman Marcus offers an extensive line of Vera Wang perfumes, and Rock Princess is chief among them.

The most common place to find this promotion is at a department store that carries Estee Lauder cosmetics, such as Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.

Trish McEvoy products can be purchased on the company's website and at department stores such as Neiman Marcus, as well as boutiques in the United States, Ireland and the UK.

Neiman Marcus is the only other site to house the Gucci dress look, but you won't be disappointed as there are several dresses to choose from.

After a broken engagement with model Marcus Schenkenberg in 2001, she became engaged to Kid Rock in 2003.

The Row is sold at Barney's New York, while Elizabeth and James can be purchased at Niemen Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman in fall 2007.

Higher end department stores like Nordstrom's and Neiman Marcus typically offer leather during the fall and winter season.

Department stores like Neiman Marcus carry some of the finest labels for children such as Burberry, D&G and Ralph Lauren, amongst other high-end designers.

Some stores carrying the brand are Nordstrom, Saks, Macy's and Nieman Marcus.

Though Lacoste shirts can be purchased at stores nationwide and upscale department chains such as Saks and Neiman Marcus, the online site is an excellent place to find sale items.

These shorts are a popular item in fashion all the way from the racks at Target to upscale department stores such as Neiman Marcus.

In fact, designer denim is so popular with children that Neiman Marcus has an online "denim shop" devoted solely to kids.

You can visit the girls' denim shop easily by accessing the online official Neiman Marcus website.

Hence, there is a wide disparity between the clothing items carried at JCPenney and Neiman Marcus.

If your version of fancy involves a Dolce and Gabbana label, then Saks and Neiman Marcus will be your shopping hubs.

Joan Calabrese's designs receive limited distributions within the United States, but they can be found with some online retailers and are also carried occasionally at Neiman Marcus.

Items purchased at JCPenney will not be as upscale as their Neiman Marcus contemporaries, but many mothers are not looking to buy a wool gabardine suit for their toddler.

Try department stores such as Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus to find designer sweater vest styles.

Higher labels circulate at stores like Nordstrom, Saks and Neiman Marcus.

As you rise up the fashion ladder in the way of stores such as Saks and Neiman Marcus you will encounter the designers that are making waves in the fashion industry.

A regular favorite of department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks, Florence Eiseman preserves clean and classic children's fashion with an appeal to elegance.

Department stores such as JCPenney, Macy's, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Saks and Neiman Marcus will almost always carry several styles that are perfect for a birthday party.

As you move up the levels from JC Penney to Macy's to Nordstrom and Bloomindales and on to places such as Saks and Neiman Marcus, you will note that the merchandise becomes more unique and infinitely more costly.

Since there are more lower level designers than high-end labels, your selection may be cut in half by the time you reach the Neiman Marcus zone.

There is a high demand for children's couture items, but now and then one of these glorious crafted dresses will go on sale as department stores such as Neiman Marcus or Saks update their inventory for the new season.

You might not have a Saks or Neiman Marcus located nearby, but these department stores can ship couture items right to your door.

The latter presents the easier quest as many townships and cities contain a Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, or Saks Fifth Avenue.

Check out an exclusive interview with Dr. Dawn Marcus, author of Fit as Fido.

Home Depot was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1978, by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank after the pair were fired from the positions they held at Handy Dan.

If your tastes run higher end, don't hesitate to pay a visit to the likes of Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

These premium denim jeans can cost around $300 and are sold at exclusive department stores such as Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.

Stores that carry designer clothes, such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, routinely hold sale events.

It's also a great idea to check outlet stores, such as Nordstrom Rack, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus Last Call.

Aside from the brands mentioned above, they also have links to shirts from Pronto Uomo and Neiman Marcus' Hanro collection.

Your choices are not limited strictly to high-end department stores, although you will undoubtedly find something on sale at the likes of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

High-end retailers like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue sell Tadashi creations in the United States, as do the two Tadashi boutiques.

They are also available at large department stores such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, or Macy's.

This wide array of hair products that protect and highlight individual hair types has quickly leaped to the top of the industry, appearing on the shelves of fine retailers like Nordstrom, Sephora, Neiman Marcus and Saks.

You will be able to shop at many high-end stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Theory.

You'll find her stylish and sexy swimsuits displayed in such upscale department stores as Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Barneys.

Major department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue will also carry the latest high-designer looks.

Gottex Swimwear can be found at most major department stores, including Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as many swimwear boutiques.

Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs bikinis can be found at any Marc Jacobs retail stores, as well as fine department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Neiman Marcus has a beautiful turquoise blue Carmen Marc Valvo shirred tankini that calls to mind ocean waters and calming sea breezes.

However, if you're looking to purchase Juicy Couture terry cloth items then you'll need to check out upscale department stores like Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale's.

As with other high-end retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor carries the very best when it comes to fashion.

Neiman Marcus carries elegant dresses in quality fabrics that flow effortlessly with other pieces.

More recent items may be readily available in luxury department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Shopping for a designer scarf is as easy as visiting a luxury department store, such as Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus or Saks Fifth Avenue.

Otherwise, check outlet stores like Last Call by Neiman Marcus and the online retailer Bluefly for outstanding deals on designer pieces.

You may be able to scoop up a designer suit on sale at a store like Neiman Marcus for quite a bit less than retail, but you'll have to act fast.

Neiman Marcus has dresses that are appropriate for more refined events on their website, and their sales help you buy quality pieces for much less.

Neiman Marcus offered a $600 chocolate Monopoly game in its 1978 holiday catalog.

The different fragrance products were available through high end retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Harrods.

Each Christmas he teams up with his partner in crime, Marcus, to portray Santa and his trusty elf at department stores, a ploy that allows Marcus to case the store while Willie mangles every child's dream of meeting Santa Claus.

On Christmas Eve, Willie and Marcus fill their sleigh with money from the safe and store merchandise, and then skip town.

Neiman Marcus has an Asscher cut diamond solitaire ring with a carat weight of between .9 and 1.04, depending on the buyer's preference.

Some retailers who are authorized to sell Asscher cut diamond engagement rings include Neiman Marcus, Lee Michaels, Elleard Heffern and Hyde Park.

Many Burberry products made by the company can be found for sale in most of the world's renowned stores including Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Balenciaga bags are sold in high-end department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue as well as Balenciaga boutiques.

This Burberry timepiece collection became available to upscale department stores such as Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom and fine jewelers in Fall of 2002.

Everything from handbags to apparel is provided for the fashion amorous individual who can't fathom the concept of a Neiman Marcus card.

Lacoste shirts are as common at Neiman Marcus as they are on the racks of vintage and thrift stores.

If you live in a larger community or city, Chanel handbags are carried in the finest department stores, such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

Many Fendi Spy models are also available at upscale department stores such as Saks and Neiman Marcus (and online at Saks.com).

Furla handbags can be purchased at many upscale department stores such as Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom.

Department stores such as Macy's, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus are all good places to find quilted handbags and wallets.

However, at stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks your chances of running into an original Chanel quilted handbag are pretty high.

Some department stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus will also carry the latest season's Fendi merchandise.

Upscale department stores such Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue will carry this expensive and exclusive line, provided that you do not have a Vuitton retailer nearby.

Isabella Fiore is a very high profile designer whose merchandise is generally sold at upscale department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

The Pigtail model, available at Neiman Marcus, is a prime example of the precise crystal placement.

Unless you're shopping online for vintage items, a quick romp to your nearest Neiman Marcus or Saks will reveal several designer label evening purses that have been manufactured and adorned by hand.

Neiman Marcus is something of a legend themselves and the Marc Jacobs Metallic Zip Clutch offered here is simply stunning!

Neiman Marcus serves up the Pretty Puffer Tote, an adorable tote that comes in both silver and black.

The answer lies not within the chic but costly confines of Saks Fifth Avenue or Neiman Marcus, but inside an outlet store.

Several upscale department stores such as Barneys, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue also carry some of the line.

The result is a shiny clutch as glamorous as the much costlier styles found in the likes of Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Department stores, like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, are also reliable.

Kmart, Marcus Uniforms and The Spirit Zone carry a nice selection.

Marcus Movie Theaters was founded by Ben Marcus in 1935.

There is also a hotel division, Marcus Hotels and Resorts, which has properties in Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Missouri and Texas.

Marcus Theaters offer the latest in movie-going technology including comfortable stadium seating and digital sound.

While in many other chains, the screens are getting smaller to permit a larger number of auditoriums, the Marcus Theater chain has introduced some of the largest screens short of an IMAX screen.

Marcus Theaters was among the first theater chains in America to install Digital Theater Systems' Cinema Subtitling System, open-caption technology in their auditoriums.

With locations in five states, 507 screens in 42 theaters, Marcus Theaters is certainly one of the larger regional chains in the country.

The Marcus Movie Theaters chain has a well-earned reputation for excellence that began more than 70 years ago in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Just go visit the Marcus Theaters website or check our your local theater listings and off you go!

He meets Marcus Wright, who only has memories of his last days on Death Row.

Kraven was eventually murdered by vampire elder Marcus Corvinus.

This movie, set in 140 AD, is about a centurion named Marcus Aquila who comes to Scotland from Rome to solve the mystery of his father's legion's disappearance twenty years ago and to make peace with his loss.

You'll find women's designer shoes in large department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.

Neiman Marcus is a great place to go check out the newest fashions of the season.

Frye Boots are available at fine department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom nationwide.

However, the ordinary customer would be living out of a cardboard box in no time if their need for Neiman Marcus exceeded their ability to pay bills.

Neiman Marcus specializes in men's dress shoes designers.

While shopping at high-end retailers like Saks, Bergdorf Goodman, Barney's and Neiman Marcus is an outstanding way to get acquainted with glamorous styles from the world's biggest designers, for many it's just not a sensible option.

Anyplace that sells designer goods, such as Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue and Barney's, to name a few, will carry a selection of Gucci sandals in a range of sizes.

Neiman Marcus sells a Stiletto survival kit.

Neiman Marcus has an extensive collection of designer shoes in stores and online.

Other authorized vendors will include department stores such as Saks and Neiman Marcus though not every item of the current Vuitton collection is always available.

Like other designer names such as Armani and Chanel, Gucci is sold in high-end stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.

Gucci boots are also sold at high-end department stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.

You will find a strong selection of couture bridal shoes in white at retail stores like Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

Vera Wang bridal shoes from her Lavender label are readily available at department and luxury stores, including Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's and Saks Fifth Avenue.

In addition to the company's retail stores and website, Cole Haan shoes are readily available at retailers like Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.

Other talented cast members including Richard Biggs (who passed away in 2004) went from playing Dr. Marcus Hunter on DOOL to playing another doctor on the science fiction show Babylon 5.

Over the years, Farrell has appeared in many television shows including The Monkees, I Dream of Jeannie, Banacek and Marcus Welby, M.D. Farrell originated the role of Scott Banning on Days of Our Lives in 1970.

He's known as Ben from Hollyoaks to soap opera fans, but his nearest and dearest know him better as Marcus Patric.

British actor Marcus Patric was born Patrick Henry Gosling in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on August 17, 1979.

The program was canceled, but Marcus Patric has announced that it is slated to return in June 2009.

Actor Marcus Patrick from Hollyoaks has enjoyed quite a fan following since he made his debut on the small screen.

His real name is Patrick Henry Gosling, but to thousands of devoted fans he's better known as Marcus Patrick.

This fabulous actor portrayed Dr. Marcus Hunter from 1987 to 1992.

Retailers such as Neiman Marcus carry a wide range of hanky panky bras, thongs, panties and camisoles that can be mixed and matched to form darling Christmas bra and panty sets.

Britney Spears is rumored to be a fan of the colorful mesh-inspired styles that can be purchased at both Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus stores.

Chantelle can be purchased at upscale department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.

The Hanro Cotton Knit Pajamas available at Neiman Marcus is expensive at $298.00, but if you are searching for a luxurious feel, this may be the perfect set!

Stop by Neiman Marcus to find a classic silk robe in a basic color.

Unfortunately, only one color is available in this look, grey; however, you should note that you can also find similar Equmen styles at Neiman Marcus.

Another department store to check out is Neiman Marcus.

You can pick up a high-end pair of white panties, made by a haute couture designer, in Neiman Marcus and spend upwards of 50 dollars.

Chantelle Intimates is available at a few select retailers, including Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.

Marcus Lehman, a 28-year-old physician from Atlanta, Georgia, believes he has the brains and physicality to bring his A-game to Survivor Gabon.

Marcus, the vampire twin, awakens and is now on a mission to free his brother William from the crypt where he has been entombed for more than six thousand years.

The paths of Marcus, Selene, and Michael intersect when Marcus discovers Michael holds the key to William's tomb and Selene is the only remaining being who knows the whereabouts of the imprisoned werewolf.

With the help of Corvinus, the father of Marcus and William, Selene and Michael fight a battle to stop the twin brothers from reigning in terror over the modern rule.

Marcus Uniforms offers dozens of holiday scrub selections in sizes that range from XS to 5X.

In addition to their website, Marcus Uniforms offers a hard copy catalog and a retail store located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Marcus Uniforms - You can request a free subscription to the Marcus Uniforms catalog by calling 800-453-3944 or by completing the online form on the company's website.

Thereupon the Quakers, who were perhaps not without the -obstinacy of which Marcus Aurelius complained in the early Christians, rushed to Massachusetts as if invited, and the result was that the general court of the colony banished them on pain of death, and four of them, three men and one woman,were hanged for refusing to depart from the jurisdiction or for obstinately returning within it.